How To Cleanse The Skin?

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How To Cleanse The Skin?

.	CLEANSING THE SKIN Google Images/Getty Images Everyone knows the importance of keeping the pores of the skin unclogged and clean. This often requires more than a quick wash with soap and water, and steaming the face is the quickest and cheapest way to improve the cleanliness of the skin. Provided your skin is fairly normal - not too dry or sensitive, with no thread veins visible - begin by making an infusion, pouring boiling water over the herbs, in a large bowl. Use three table-spoonfuls to two litres (3 1/2 pints) of boiling water. Choose between Sage (Salvia offici-iiilu. Peppermint (Menthaxpiperita), Chamomile flowers (Matricaria recutita) or Lime flowers (Tilia x europaea or T. x vulgaris) for the best results. Place a towel over your head, lower your face until it is just above the bowl and allow the vapour to rise to meet your skin. The towel forms a tent that traps the vapour, and you should allow the treatment to continue as long as you can bear the heat; ten minutes is about the right length of time. After steaming, the skin will be pink and glowing. Splash with tepid and then cold water to close the pores, or use an astringent lotion dabbed on with cotton wool or tissues. Stay indoors for an hour or so after steaming and do not repeat the Treatment for at least three days. Herbal Butter-Milk Cleanser No beauty routine should be without a lotion to cleanse the skin at the end of the day. This recipe is gentle in its action, but most effective. 140ml (5 fl oz) butter-milk 2 tablespoons Elder flowers (Sambucus nigra or Lime flowers (Tilia x europaea or T.x vulgaris). Heat the butter-milk, add the flowers and boil gently for approximately half an hour. Leave to infuse for two hours. Strain before using; apply to the face with cotton wool and remove all traces of dirt, grease and make-up with gentle movements. Fragrant Cleansing Lotion 420ml (15 fl oz) warm Rose-water 2 handfuls dried Rose petals (preferably Rosa gallica) 5g (1/16oz) Gum Benzoin (Styrax benzoin) Mix the warm Rose-water with the dried rose petals in an earthenware jar. Leave to infuse for one to two hours, and then strain off the liquid. Leave a day or so before adding the Gum Benzoin. Use to cleanse the skin as in the previous recipe. Backheads Blackheads are a problem even on a relatively unblemished skin. If rubbing the affected spot with a slice of Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum) or Marrow (Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera) and then rinsing in lukewarm water does not work, give the face a steaming treatment as described, then try gently pushing out the blackheads with a tissue and clean fingertips. Steaming should unblock the pores - a blackhead is only a blockage of grease (sebum) secreted by glands under the surface of the skin, with a layer of dirt trapped on top. Excessive pressure may cause local skin damage, and the formation of spots or pimples. If this happens, add 50g (2 oz) Burdock root (Arctium lappa) to 560ml (20 fl oz) cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Allow to cool, strain and apply to the infected spot. Source: "The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism", Edited by Malcolm Stuart ALSO SEE Caring For Oily Skin Nourishing & Revitalizing The Skin Getting Rid Of Wrinkles Cap'ns TOPICS-LINKS	BOOKMARK or Press: Ctrl D SHARE THIS Share CONTACT	.

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